Past simple :

Form

Negative -

Questions ?

Positive +

Subject+verb+ed (or irregular verb)


I played
I was

Subject+did not+verb (in infinitive)


I didn't play

did+subject+verb (in infinitive)


Did I play?

Use

Finished actions, states or habits in the past

Unreal or imaginary things in the present or future

If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.

Finished time word
-use with:
last night, yesterday, last week, in 2004, when I was a child
ex. I went to school yesterday.

Finished time period
Jules Verne was a writer.

Feelings in the past

I liked fish before.
I didn't like math in school.

Key words - yesterday, last week, last month, a year ago

Unless there is W/HOW question word

In front of ed y turns to i ex. cry - cried

am/is/are + subject + verb (in infinitiv) Are they made it?